Universally mountable container



March 30, 1937 J, 5 BAKER I 2,075,080,

UNIVEBSALLY MOUNTABLE CONTAINER Filed May 28, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l March 3@, 1937. J. BAKER 2,075,080

UNIVERSALLY MOUNTABLE CONTAINER Filed May 28, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 30, 1937 UNITED STTES ATET OFFICE UNIVERSALLY MOUNTABLE CONTAINER Application May 28, 1936, Serial No. 82,291

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a universally movably mounted receptacle, having a universal relative movement with relation to a secondary movable element.

The object of the invention is to permit a receptacle to be carried by a manually controlled element, the latter being subject to various movements and positions, While the receptacle will remain substantially in a perpendicular and mate- 10 rial holding position.

Another object of the invention is the providing of a palette to be associated with the universally movable container, and to provide in connection therewith means whereby discardable 10 means may be carried upon the palette upon which to deposit the material from the container.

More specifically, the invention relates to a. painters palette or a tray, in connection with either of which, a universally movably mounted 20 receptacle or container may be superimposed with relation thereto, and movably mounted thereupon, all in such a manner that notwithstanding the various positions in which the palette or tray may be placed, the receptacle will remain in a 25 material-holding position at all times.

Other objects of the invention will appear from a further and more complete reading of the following specification and the claims.

On the sheets of drawings, accompanying and 30 forming a part of the specification,

Figure l is an elevational and also a diagrammatic view of an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is an elevational View of the same in changed position;

35 Figure 3 is a plan view fragmented;

Figure 4 is a detailed and a sectional view of a mounting means;

Figure 5 is a top plan View of the device and showing retaining means for a demountable deposit-receiving element, and

Figure 6 is an end view in elevation thereof, and showing more clearly one of the retainer clips.

In these several views, similar characters of 45 reference will indicate similar parts.

A palette or tray 5, in the present instance, is provided with a hand-piece 5 on the underside thereof, and both may be made of any suitable material, size and contour.

50 To the underside of this element 5 is attached a housing I appliable to the element 5 by the usual screws 8.

Within this housing I is mounted a staff 9 having a head l0, and below this head the staff has a 55 projecting end I l which has a right angular base with relation to the perpendicular axis of the staif 9, said projecting end of the staff 9 being a degree shorter than the thickness of the balls I4, is suspended above the bottom of the housing 1. The head I0 being a fractional degree narrower than the distance between the sidewall of the housingwell 1 does not frictionize with said wall neither does the bottom of the projecting end H of the staif frictionize with the base l2 of the housingwell I. The staff 9 operating in conjunction with 10 its head In is surrounded by a series of balls l3 and I4 above and below the head Ill. The halls I3 and I4 resting against the inner wall of the housing-well l and against the staff end II and staif 9, and maintaining the same in a constant right angular position relative to the plane of the palette or tray 5 totally defrictionizing the same, and giving the staff 9 perfect freedom of movement to the steel ball bearings within the well 1. The housing -1 has a washer-flange around the top of the housing which serves the purpose of attaching the housing containing the balls I3 and I4 and the staff 9, head l0 and projecting end H to the bottom-side of the palette 5. The palette 5 to which the housing 1 is attached as aforesaid has an opening through its surface over which the housing 6 is attached allowing the upright and threaded portion of the staff 9 to extend through and above the upperisurface of the palette 5. The staff 9 and projecting end II are on opposite sides of the head l0, and a part thereof is supported in and retained by the housing 1 in the following manner: The first series of balls surround the well of the housing I leaving an opening in the centre of said well and into which the projecting end ll of the staif 9 snugly fits suspended just free of the base of said well, the lower surface of the head Ill resting upon the balls M. The second series of balls [3 are placed in the well and surround the staff 9 and rest on the top surface of the head I0 and against the wall of the well I, holding the staff in a stable and upright position--holding the head just free of the wall of the well 1. The under surface of the plane of the palette 5 to which the housing I and its inward parts are attached form a second base against which the series of balls rest and revolve when and if the movable element becomes inverted and holding the staif within the housing 1. The staff 9 is provided with a shoulder Hi from which rises a screw-threaded stud I5, adapted to receive an arm ll whose outer free end remote from the staff 9 is provided with tines l8 and Hi extending upwardly in parallelism with the axis of the staff 9, and these tines support a ring 20, made in any suitable manner, and which is swivelled upon studs 2| passing into bearings formed in each of the tines l8 and 19. This ring 26, or other suitable retainer, is adapted to hold a container 22.

It is the expressed purpose of the invention to permit universality of movement of the container 22 with relation to any movement of the element 5, and this will be seen first diagrammatically in Figure 1, where from the horizontal position, the element 5 is tilted as seen by the dotted-in position, while the container also now in dotted-in position still remains in the perpendicular position shown in Figure 1.

By reference to Figure 2, it will be observed that the element 5 is now tilted substantially at an angle of 45 degrees, and that the tines are still at right angles to the plane of the element 5, but that the container 22 has still maintained the position of the container in Figure 1, or Where the perpendicular axis of the container 22 is substantially vertical. It matters not, therefore, to what position the element may be swung, the container 22 and the container ring or re tainer 20 will retain the position shown in Figure 1.

By reference to Figures 5 and 6, the element 5, the supporting tines l8 and IS, the staff 9, the retainer 20 and the container 22 are like as before set forth and shown. To the under side of this element 5, however is affixed a pair of clips 23 and 24 which overturning about the edge of the element 5 project across the shorter length of the element 5 and have their free ends partially upturned as at 25 to permit the easy guiding and slippage of a deposit element 26 which is held to the element 5 by the clips 23 and 24 during use, and upon which the deposit 21 may be placed which is used by the artist. This element may be discarded at will.

These clips 23 and 24 also have stabilizing side arms 28, 29, which undertake the element 5 by passing around the edge of the element 5 and being properly secured to the underside of said element. These side arms 28 and 29 also provide as additional guides for the placing of the deposit element 26.

Of course, while the description herewith applies broadly to the structure set forth in the drawings, such description is not intended to imply any limitation on the invention per se, so long as the same is held, and to this end therefore, any suitable change may be adopted for structural or commercial reasons without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In either of the views shown, and while these various movements are obtaining, and more especially when the container 22 is partially filled with material so as to lend weight, the staff 9 will have a continuously free movement axially since there can be no movement other than axially due not only to the fitted head l0 and the staff 9 and extension II but to the balls in series I3 and I4 holding the head in proper suspension as aforesaid. This all conduces to absolute freedom of movement of the various parts.

Having thus set forth the invention, I claim:

1. In a device as set forth, the combination with a movable element, of a staff having axial movement thereupon, means for anti-frictionally supporting said staff, a container-carrier carried by said staff and secured thereto, and adapted to maintain a position parallel to the axis of the staff, a retainer movably mounted with relation to the container-carrier, a container adapted to be mounted within the retainer, and a hand gripping element associated with the first named movable element.

2. In a device as set forth, the combination with a manually controllable element, of a hearing secured thereto, a staff mounted in said bearing, a head carried thereby, a stud underswinging said head, a housing having a well, plural series of anti-friction balls in said well and between which said head moves for anti-frictionizing and stabilizing the staff, container carrier carried by said staff, and adapted for movement relative to the manually controllable element, and adapted to maintain a position at right angles to the plane of the manually controllable element, means to retain the container axially offset from the axis of the staff, a retainer swivelled with relation to the container-carrier, and a container supported by the swivelled retainer, and a hand grip for said manually controllable element.

3. In a device as set forth, the combination with a manually supported element, of a hand grip therefor, a staff proceeding therefrom, at right angles to said element, and adapted for axial movement thereupon, a bearing for said staff, means carried by said staff for co-operating with antifriction balls for holding the same axially in alignment with the inner wall of the bearing, a container-carrier supported upon said staff, and adapted for axial movement about the manually supported element, means carried by, the carrier for holding a container, and adapted for axial movement with relation to the container-carrier, and a container supported in the carrier.

4. In a device as set forth, a bearing constitut-T ing a housing having a well, a staff having a head located and movable in said well, an underdepending stud associated with said head, circuits of balls above and below said head in said well and held apart by said staff and stud, and a retainer flange about the upper edge of said well, and a screw threaded stud uppermost of the staff.

5. In a device as set forth, a painters palette, a universally mounted and movable container mounted thereon, means for holding the palette, an auxiliary element appliable to and removable from the palette, and means to hold and support said auxiliary element.

6. In a device as set forth, a painters palette, a universally mounted and movable container mounted thereon, means for holding the palette, an auxiliary element appliable to and removable from the palette, and flexible spring clips secured to the palette and adapted to receive, hold and guide the auxiliary element.

JAMES S. BAKER. 

